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24 | I share things about sales data and video games in general.
A graph is worth a thousand words.
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Japan Charts | Week 47, 2025 (Nov 17 - Nov 23)
Kirby Air Riders outsold Sonic CrossWorlds launch in France.
Compared to recent first party releases, Kirby's debut sales are about half those of Hyrule Warriors (info via Oscar Lemaire).
France Charts | Week 47, 2025 (Nov 17 - Nov 23)

1 [PS5] Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 (=)
2 [PS5] EA Sports FC 26 (+1)
3 [NSW] EA Sports FC 26 (+3)
4 [NSW] Pokemon Legends Z-A (-2)
5 [NS2] Kirby Air Riders (NEW)
November 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
France Charts | Week 47, 2025 (Nov 17 - Nov 23)

1 [PS5] Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 (=)
2 [PS5] EA Sports FC 26 (+1)
3 [NSW] EA Sports FC 26 (+3)
4 [NSW] Pokemon Legends Z-A (-2)
5 [NS2] Kirby Air Riders (NEW)
November 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
South Korea Charts | Week 44, 2025 (Oct 27 - Nov 2)

1 [NSW] Pokemon Legends Z-A (+1)
2 [NS2] Pokemon Legends Z-A: NS2 Edition (-1)
3 [NS2] Mario Kart World (=)
4 [NS2] Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake (NEW)
5 [NSW] Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake (NEW)
November 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Taiwan Charts | Week 44, 2025 (Oct 27 - Nov 2)

1 [PS5] Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake (NEW)
2 [NSW] Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake (NEW)
3 [NSW] Pokemon Legends Z-A (-2)
4 [PS5] Ninja Gaiden 4 (-1)
5 [NS2] Pokemon Legends Z-A: NS2 Edition (-3)
November 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
With the release of Kirby Air Riders, Switch 2 had its 3rd best week for software sales.
Top 3 so far :
• Week 23, 2025 - 840.934 units (Mario Kart World & Launch)
• Week 42, 2025 - 682.124 units (Pokemon Legends Z-A)
• Week 47, 2025 - 330.126 units (Kirby Air Riders)
Platforms :
NS2 - 330.126 units (75%)
NSW - 101.915 units (23%)
PS5 - 8.801 units (2%)
Total - 440.842 units

Publishers :
Nintendo - 283.823 units (64,4%)
Pokemon Co. - 52.087 units (11,8%)
Konami - 48.825 units (11,1%)
November 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Japan Charts | Week 47, 2025 (Nov 17 - Nov 23)
November 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Recent Nintendo M&A
• Bandai Namco Studios Singapore (renamed Nintendo Studios Singapore - 2026)
• Warpstar (renamed Nintendo Stars - 2025)
• Shiver (2024)
• Dynamo Pictures (renamed Nintendo Pictures - 2022)
• SRD (2022)
• Next Level Games (2021)
Nintendo to acquire 80% of Bandai Namco Studios Singapore.
The subsidiary will be renamed Nintendo Studios Singapore.
Bandai Namco Studios Singapore previously worked on the Splatoon franchise, producing in-game art assets.

nintendo.co.jp/corporate/rele…
November 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Nintendo to acquire 80% of Bandai Namco Studios Singapore.
The subsidiary will be renamed Nintendo Studios Singapore.
Bandai Namco Studios Singapore previously worked on the Splatoon franchise, producing in-game art assets.

nintendo.co.jp/corporate/rele…
November 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Street Fighter 6 sold over 6m units worldwide (Capcom)
November 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
France Charts | Week 46, 2025 (Nov 10 - Nov 16)

1 [PS5] Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 (NEW)
2 [NSW] Pokemon Legends Z-A (=)
3 [PS5] EA Sports FC 26 (=)
4 [XBS] Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 (NEW)
5 [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 (NEW)
November 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Nintendo Switch 2 sold over 328.000 units in the US during October
• Reaching around 3m units sold in the US alone
• Up 68% compared to Nintendo Switch 1 (1.8m units in 5 months)
• Beating October 2017 for the Switch 1 (290k units with Super Mario Odyssey release)
Hardware (up 36% in value)
• NS2 is still the fastest selling console, tracking faster than NSW (by 68%) and PS4 (by 3%)
• NSW is down 52%
• XBS is down 37%
• PS5 is down 22%

*Nintendo does not share digital sales
*Bundle sales not included

Thanks, @matpiscatella.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 12:45 AM
US Charts | October 2025

1. Battlefield 6 (NEW)
2. Pokemon Legends Z-A* (NEW)
3. Ghost of Yōtei (+1)
4. NBA 2K26 (-2)
5. FC 26 (-2)
6. Madden NFL 26 (-1)
7. The Outer Worlds 2 (NEW)
8. Little Nightmares III (NEW)
9. Digimon Story: Time Stranger (+4)
10. Borderlands 4 (-9)
November 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Japan Charts | Week 46, 2025 (Nov 10 - Nov 16)
November 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
France Charts | Week 45, 2025 (Nov 3 - Nov 9)

1 [NS2] Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment (NEW)
2 [NSW] Pokemon Legends Z-A (-1)
3 [PS5] EA Sports FC 26 (-1)
4 [PS5] Battlefield 6 (-1)
5 [NSW] Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (=)
November 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Japan Charts | Week 45, 2025 (Nov 3 - Nov 9)
November 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Ys X: Proud Nordics will release on PS5 in February 2026 for Japan (according to Dengeki)
Western version is still planned for early 2026, no PS5 support announced yet.
Nihon Falcom Schedule (starting Oct 2025)
The company plan to launch at least 5 titles in the next fiscal year (ending September 2026), of which :
• 4 are localizations (including a port on PS5 for Ys X: Proud Nordics in JP)
• 1 is a remake
• Tokyo Xanadu New Project is TBD
November 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Nihon Falcom Sales by Region
• Japan - ¥1552m (59%)
• NA & EU - ¥992m (38%)
• Asia - ¥69m (3%)
November 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Top partners for Nihon Falcom
• Komami - ¥576m (+1% vs 2024)
• NIS America - ¥349m (-39%)
• Clouded Leopard - ¥331m (+9%)
• GungHo America - ¥292m (New)
• Sony Interactive Entertainment - ¥244m (-11%)
Nihon Falcom Results
• New Record for net sales, which are up 3% to ¥2612m (~$16.9m)
• Operating profit are up 8% to ¥1340m (~$8.7m)
• Net profit are up 6% to ¥903m (~$5.8m)
• Beat forecast across all metrics
• Trails in the Sky the 2nd planned for release by September 2026
November 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Capcom Million Sellers Update (as of September 30, 2025)
• Monster Hunter World is now over 21.8m units
• The top 20 ship over 4.8m units (same as Q3 2024)

Full list : ibb.co/JWJMVqrv
November 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
ARC Raiders sold over 4m units in 3 days
• Over 700k concurrent players across all platforms (including over 450k on Steam)
• New Chinese adaptation in the work (via Tencent)
installbaseforum.com/forums/threa...
November 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Nihon Falcom Results
• New Record for net sales, which are up 3% to ¥2612m (~$16.9m)
• Operating profit are up 8% to ¥1340m (~$8.7m)
• Net profit are up 6% to ¥903m (~$5.8m)
• Beat forecast across all metrics
• Trails in the Sky the 2nd planned for release by September 2026
November 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe attach rate reached 77% for the quarter ending September.
That's a new record.
For every 4 Switch sold, more than 3 copies of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe were also distributed.
November 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Ghost of Yōtei sold over 3.3m units in 1 month (32 days / Sony)
This should be similar to Ghost of Tsushima debut.
www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/... (p13)
November 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
PlayStation Results
• PS5 ship 3.9m units this quarter, up from 3.8m last year
• Cumulative sales are now over 84.2m to date, slower than PS4 by about 2.1m
• Monthly active users are up to 119m (+3m YoY)
• 80.3m games shipped (inc. 6.3m first party)
• Digital is up to 72%
November 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Updated - Nintendo Top 100 bestseller
Notable change :
• Zelda BOTW ⇾ #7 (+1)
• MK World ⇾ #64 (+35)
• SMP Jamboree ⇾ #72 (+6)
Top 100 is up 8.26m units in 3 months

Full image : ibb.co/Z1GC8b3S
November 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM